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Description: A unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.

Cast:
Longfellow Deeds: Gary Cooper
Babe Bennett: Jean Arthur
MacWade: George Bancroft
Cornelius Cobb: Lionel Stander
John Cedar: Douglass Dumbrille
Walter: Raymond Walburn
Judge May: H.B. Warner
Mabel Dawson: Ruth Donnelly
Morrow: Walter Catlett
Farmer: S.S. Simon
James Cedar: Stanley Andrews
George Rankin: Frank Austin
Party Guest: Florence Wix
Frank: Irving Bacon
Minor Role: Bess Wade
Chorine: Bobbie Beal
Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom: Lafe McKee
Cabby: Billy Bevan
Little Boy: Georgie Billings
Old Lawyer: John Binns
Psychiatrist: Wyrley Birch
Assistant Secretary: Beatrice Blinn
Nurse: Fay Holderness
Reporter: John Tyrrell
Anderson: Harry C. Bradley
Elevator Man: Hal Budlong
Nightclub Patron: Bert Stevens
Mal: Spencer Charters
Policeman: Brick Sullivan
Court Policeman: Jack Rube Clifford
Auditor: James Conaty
Bob: George Cooper
Secretary: Beatrice Curtis
Young Lawyer: Jack Minton
Shop Girl: Janet Eastman
Girl on Bus: Ann Doran
Courtroom Spectator: Sam Harris
Mrs. Meredith: Emma Dunn
Writer: John T. Murray
Dr. Emerson: Oliver Eckhardt
Theresa: Muriel Evans
Unemployed Farmer: Henry Stockbridge
Bodyguard: Warren Hymer
Patient: Otto Gervice
Charlie: Sherry Hall
Information Booth Man: Frank Hammond
Farmer's Spokesman: George 'Gabby' Hayes
Chuck Collins: Lew Hicks
Courtroom Guard: Harry Holden
Mr. Dodsworth: Frank Holliday
Budington: Arthur Hoyt
1st Deputy: Paul Hurst
Court Clerk: Gladden James
Brookfield: Eddie Kane
Board Member: Harry Stafford
Townswoman: Anne Schaefer
Hallor: Charles Lane
Chinese Chauffeur: James B. Leong
Dr. Fosdick: Edward LeSaint
Headwaiter: Alphonse Martell
Madame Pomponi: Margarete Matzenauer
Douglas: Edwin Maxwell
Amy Faulkner: Margaret McWade
Henneberry: George Meeker
Mrs. Semple: Mayo Methot
Interne: Don Wayson
Hat Check Girl: Lillian Ross
Waiter: Louis Natheaux
Train Conductor: Frank O'Connor
Undetermined Secondary Role: Broderick O'Farrell
Courtroom Reporter: Jack Wise
Unemployed Farmer in Courtroom: Bud Osborne
Cigarette Girl: Peggy Page
Governess: Ethel Palmer
The Tailor: Franklin Pangborn
Butler: Barnett Parker
Cameraman: William 'Bill' Phillips
Italian Opera Board Member: Paul Porcasi
Deputy: Ky Robinson
Italian Interpreter: Adrian Rosley
Christian Jenson: Christian Rub
Jane Faulkner: Margaret Seddon
Bailiff: Lee Shumway
Beatle Puss - Cab Driver: Charles Sullivan
Mr. Semple: Jameson Thomas
Lawyer: Dale Van Sickel
Dr. Emile Von Hallor: Gustav von Seyffertitz
Telephone Operator: Pauline Wagner
Arthur Cedar: Pierre Watkin
Clerk: Larry Wheat
Businessman: Lee Willard
County Hospital Guard: Charles C. Wilson

Written by: Robert Riskin, Clarence Budington Kelland

Director: Frank Capra

Production: Columbia Pictures

Release date: 12 Apr 1936